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Tokyo, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)–Heavy rain struck areas stretching from the Tokai central region to the Chugoku and Shikoku western regions of Japan on Wednesday due to a weather front and a low-pressure system along it. The Japan Meteorological Agency urged people

Tokyo, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)–The Tachikawa branch of Tokyo District Court on Wednesday sentenced Tomoru Honda, a Japanese swimmer who won a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, to one year in prison, suspended for three years, for dangerous driving

Tokyo, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government will raise the price of imported wheat sold to domestic millers by 12 pct to 70,020 yen per ton in October, the agriculture ministry said Wednesday. The increase reflects higher shipping fees and rising prices

Kyoto, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)–Nintendo Co. has said it will release “The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time,” a remake for its Nintendo Switch 2 video game console, on Nov. 5. The company will also release a Nintendo Switch 2 console with

Seoul, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)–South Korea will not send officials to Saturday’s memorial service at the Sado Island Gold Mines, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, it was learned Wednesday. It will be the third consecutive year

(Adnkronos) – Three weapons depots and a rocket launching position were destroyed yesterday in Israeli air strikes conducted throughout the Gaza Strip. This is what the Idf, the Israeli defense forces, report. According to the Israeli army, the weapons depots, belonging to

New Delhi, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japanese regional lenders are increasingly dispatching staff to India to support clients from Japan, with nine banks having already taken such steps and at least seven more planning to follow suit. Those banks aim to support their

Tokyo, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)–Centrist Reform Alliance leader Junya Ogawa announced on Wednesday that the Japanese opposition party will disband after completing liquidation procedures. At an extraordinary meeting of party executives on the day, the CRA decided on its dissolution following the

Tokyo, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japanese manga artist Tetsuya Chiba, best known for his “Ashita no Joe” series, and others have started a crowdfunding campaign to deliver temporary housing to people displaced by a massive earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in

London, Sept. 8 (Jiji Press)–Sake from Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, won the top prize in the Japanese rice wine category at the annual International Wine Challenge, one of the world’s largest wine competitions, on Tuesday. The 2026 Champion Sake award went to